Remembrance Day: A soldier keeps his silence
During the Second World War Lt. John Watson, with three tanks under his command, swept the hills of Sicily in search of retreating German soldiers. Before he knew it, Lt. Watson and his troops stumbled…
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Remembrance Day: Students learn of peace from stories of war
Each Remembrance Day, a local teacher gathers her students together to form a human peace sign during the school assembly. The symbol offers remembrance to those who fought in wars past and present.
Remembrance Day: Service needed for one who served
Second World War veteran Bob Conn can’t join the chorus of For the Fallen when the Seniors Club of his Royal Canadian Legion branch recites the poem.
Canadian paratrooper recalls leap into D-Day
Jan de Vries feet hit the farmland of Normandy on June 6, 1944. His training could not have prepared him for what he encountered on the ground that fateful day.
Remembrance Day: PoW recounts life behind the wire
William Renwick’s war proved short.
Tragedy underlines need for autism support networks
On Sept. 27, Jackie McKean lost her 11-year-old autistic son Jeremy in a murder-suicide at the hands of her estranged husband.
Rapper doles out Halloween treats
Halloween night usually brings in the undead, but Jay-Z brought an audience to life on October 31st at Air Canada Centre.
Author breaks soldiers’ silence
Ted Barris is the author of 15 non-fiction books and is a full-time professor of journalism at Centennial College’s East York campus.
Beauty in simplicity, says garden expert
“What I like to think of as a natural garden is something low-maintenance,” Patricia Landry said.
‘Laid’ lays it on the line about teen sex
Realizing that the attention she received through sex wasn’t positive, and that the power she thought she would gain through it never came, Boodram self-esteem suffered. While away at school in Baltimore, Shannon Boodram shared her experiences and heard many similar tales.